Associate Director - Project Management (Infrastructure projects)

Job title-  Associate Director - Project Management (Infrastructure projects)

Salary-  £50,000 - £66,000 (depending on experience)

Location- LONDON, MANCHESTER and others considered

About Temple

Temple www.templegroup.co.uk is one of the UK’s leading independent infrastructure and property consultancies, specialising in environment, planning and sustainability.

We are a purpose and people led organisation and as a B Corp we are part of a movement committed to transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet https://www.bcorporation.net/

With a team comprising many recognised industry leaders, we work with inspirational clients on their organisations, on their challenges and on exciting, innovative, complex and globally relevant projects, programmes and schemes.

We provide a bespoke professional service to clients so that they can make the right decisions and achieve the best outcomes. We do this by leveraging our experience and breadth of skills alongside our insights, commitment, and ethical approach to everything we do.

We are seeking energetic, enthusiastic and experienced Project Managers (Associate Director grade) to work within our Infrastructure portfolio, managing environmental professional services contracts for infrastructure projects (particularly construction). The right candidates will also help to grow our business in this area.

The Role

The position/s are for enthusiastic and motivated Associate Directors (or those ready to make the step to Associate) who will take on Project Management roles within our Infrastructure portfolio.

Applicants need to be client focused with a positive and proactive attitude, excellent communication skills and happy to work as part of a team. They must have demonstrable project management experience that is transferrable to professional services contracts on infrastructure projects.

The role/s will be based in our Major Programmes team and work closely with our EIA Infrastructure team and Project Management Office. They will also work with other specialist business units (including Acoustics, Air Quality, Digital Delivery, Ecology and Construction Environmental Management) and a wide range of external partners to deliver across a range of projects.

The successful candidate(s) will be expected to have a thorough knowledge of Project Management and a proven track record of managing and leading multidisciplinary teams on large contracts, on time and on budget.

They will also be expected to have excellent report writing, communication and client liaison skills with a keen eye for detail. They will have a positive attitude towards business development and to assisting with the training / mentoring of junior members of the team.

The Candidates

We expect the successful candidates will have:

• 12-17 years of professional experience
• relevant and transferrable experience of project management for professional services, preferably in consultancy, with large value contracts
• demonstrable client-facing and project delivery experience
• demonstrable experience with project contracts and commercial management
• demonstrable experience managing development projects
• good understanding of and experience with MS Excel
• show initiative, have a strong work ethic and be organised, flexible and motivated
• be confident, enthusiastic and outgoing with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, having the ability to liaise at all levels
• be degree educated

The successful candidate/s will preferably demonstrate one or more of the following:

• an interest in environmental planning/management and/or sustainability
• advanced project management qualifications, such as APM PMQ, Prince2 Practitioner etc.
• a track record of delivering successfully to clients in transport infrastructure
• experience with NEC contracts
• people management experience
• advanced MS Excel skills
• excellent report writing skills

Location: London, Manchester and others considered.

Temple has offices in London, Haywards Heath, Lewes, Lichfield, Manchester, Norwich and Wakefield.

Salary range is dependent on experience.

Equal Opportunities

Temple is an Equal Opportunities Employer.  We provide a diverse and inclusive workplace and ensure that all of our staff respect and understand individual differences.  We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignments, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. 

Temple is an accredited Investors in People organisation.

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